Advertising device.



G. H. SGHANOK.

ADVERTISING DEVICE.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 13, 1012.

1,066,850, Patented July 8, 1913.

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ADVERTISING DEVICE APPLIUATION FILED SEPT.13, 19l2.

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ADVERTISING DEVICE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 8, 1913.

Application filed September 13, 1912. Serial No. 720,220.

To (ZZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Gnonon H. SonaNon', a citizen of the United States,residing at Libertyville, in the county of Lake and State of Illinois,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in AdvertisingDevices, of which the following is a specification,

The advertising device which is the subject of the present invention isdesigned to simulate a perpetual motion machine, a number of signs beingprovided which are rotated to successively bring the same into view, themotion being apparently generated by the machine itself without the aidof an external force, but which is in reality generated by a motor outof sight of the observer.

It is the object of the present invention to provide a device of thekind stated consist ing of a novel eombii'lation and arrangement ofparts by which the illusion is greatly enhanced with a view of excitingthe curiosity of the observers and directing their attention to theadvertising matter displayed on the signs.

In order that the invention may be better understood, reference is hadto the accompanying drawings forming a. part of this specification, inwhich drawings Figure l is a front elevation of the device. Fig. 2 is avertical section on the line 22 of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a plan view of oneof the ball carriers. Fig, 41: is a transverse section on the linell-41: of Fig. Fig. 5 is a section on the line 5-5 of Fig. 3. Fig (3 isa plan view of the runway, to be hereinafter described.

' Referring specifically to the drawing, 5 denotes a base on which themechanism is mounted. The base is a flat casing which incloses a springor other motor of any suitable construction shown by dotted lines at (3in Fig. 1. The casing is shallow so that it will have the appearance ofa base board. On the base are mounted standards 7 having bearings 8 atthe top, in which bearings is mounted a shaft 9 on which is fast a bevelpinion 10 which is in mesh with a similar pinion 11 on one end of ahorizontal shaft 12 carrying at its other end a bevel pinion 13. Theshaft 12 is supported in bearings 14: carried by a cross bar 15 at thetop of a frame which carries the signs to be presently described, saidframe comprising spaced uprights 16 which rise from and are mounted ontop of the base 5. Alongside one of the uprights 15 is located avertical shaft 17 having at its upper end a bevel pinion 18 which is inmesh with the pinion .3. The cross bar 15 also carries a bearing 19which supports the upper end of the shaft 17, the lower end of saidshaft passing into the base through an opening in the top thereof andbeing suitably geared to the motor 6.

The signs extend transversely between the uprights 1(3 and comprisesquare rolls 20 on each of the faces of which is held, by means of clipsor other devices 21, a suitably inscribed card 22 which is the signproper. The rolls are rotatable so that the cards are successivelybrought into display position. At the ends of the rolls are trunnions 23which are journaled in the uprights 1G, and the lrunnions on one end ofthe rolls have radially extending fingers 24. which are in the path oftappets 25 carried by the shaft 17.

It will be evident from the foregoing that when the shaft 17 is inmotion, the several rolls 20 will be given a step-by-step rotarymovement, whereby the cards 22 are brought into display position oneafter the other. As the rolls are square, four fingers 21 are providedand the rolls are therefore given a quarter revolution each step. Fordifferent shaped rolls, the fingers 24 will be arranged accordingly.

The rolls 20 are made very light, and to the rear thereof is mounted avertical glass strip 26 which has its ends connected to springs 27. Thetop spring is secured to the cross-bar 15, and the bottom spring isfastened by a clip 28 to the base 5. The several rolls 20 are invertical alinement, and the strip 26 is in contact therewith for thepurpose of alining the same and keeping their faces parallel. The motionreceived by the rolls is slow and may not leave the same with theirfaces parallel to a vertical or horizontal plane. Hence, when the rollscommence to turn the strip 26 is forced out ward, and after the rollshave made almost a. quarter turn, the strip springs back and alines therolls,

The pseudo perpetual motion mechanism comprises the following parts: Onthe shaft 9 is made fast a hub 29 from which radiate spokes or arms 30connected intermediate their ends by braces 31. The outer end of eacharm 30 carries a. weight 32 which is pivoted to the arm so that it mayrock when therethro-ugh the pivotal connection between the weight andthe arm is had. The pivot is near one end of the weight, and theconnection is such that the weight can swing back and forth through anarc of ninety degrees only.

The weight 32 supports a carrier for a ball 35, said carrier comprisingtwo pieces 36 of wire which are connected in spaced relation. by crossstrips 37 and 38, respectively. The wires are spaced apart suchadistance that the ball may roll along the same without droppingtherebetween. The brace 38 has a bend 39 which is fastened to the weightby a screw 39, a washer 4-0 being placed against the former throughwhich washer the screw also passes. The wires extend forward beyond thepivot 34: and at their opposite ends they are curved upward as indicatedat 41 to form a pocket, and their extremities are bent inward toward thewasher 4:0. The brace 38 is rigidly secured to the weight so that thereis no relative movement of the latter and the carrier, the connectionbeing at the opposite end of the weight from the pivot 34. The forwardends of the wires have an upward bend and are also bent slightly inwardto ward one another.

To the cross bar 15 are secured two upwardly extending arms 4:2connected by a cross brace 43. These arms support an inclined runway onwhich the ball 35 drops from the carrier 36 and runs down the same intothe pocket 41 of the next carrier. The

runway comprises a plate a l: having an up turned edge 45 on one side,and being wirereinforced at the bottom as indicated at 466. The wiresforming the reinforcement ex tend outward from the plate in spacedparallel relation, as indicated at 17, the space between the wires beingsuch that the ball may run along the same without dropping through. Theouter ends of the wires are bent sidewise so as to extend into closeproximity to the carrier 36.

To the under side of the plate 14 and one of the wires 4:6 is solderedor otherwise secured a strip 18. This strip has an upward curve and'islocated in front of the spotwhere the ball drops, and serves to guidethe latter onto the portion 47 of the runway. The strip 48 is secured toone of the arms' 12. To the other arm 42 is secured a strip 49 which isfastened to the corresponding portion of the runway, and the latter isalso provided with a side-guard wire 50, said wire being fastened to theouter end of the portion 47 of the runway and extending to the strip 49.The arms 42 are slotted as indicated at 51 to permit adjustment of therunway.

The operation of the mechanismis as follows: hen the shaft 17 is inmotion and rotating the signs as already described, the arms 30 arerevolved through the gears 18, 13, 11 and 10, whereby the ball-carriers36 are carried around with the parts to which they are attached. Therunway 4:7 is inclined in the direction the carriers travel. As eachcarrier reaches the upper end of the runway, the ball 35 tilts theweight 32 and the carrier, and drops on the runway and rolls down thesame. By the time the ball reaches the lower end of the runway, an emptycarrier is passing the same and the ball then rolls into the pocket 11thereof, it being guided thereto by the sidewise bent extremity of therunway. The ball is then carried around in the pocket until it againreaches the upper end of the runway and is dropped thereinto. Thepivoted weights 32 hold the pockets in such a position that the ballscannot roll out of the same as they are traveling toward the runway. Asufficient number of ball-carriers will be provided, and the parts willbe so adjusted that a carrier is always at the end of the runway by thetime the ball reaches the same.

The mechanism is attractive and excites the interest of the observer,thus bringing his attention to the signs.

The preferred embodiment of the invention has been shown but it will beevident that many changes in the structural details shown may be madewithout a departure from the spirit and scope of the invention.

1 claim:

1. In a display device, a driven shaft, radial arms carried by theshaft, ball carriers mounted on the arms, and means for transferring theballs from one carrier to another which is empty.

2; In a display device, a driven shaft, radial arms carried by theshaft, ball carriers mounted on the arms, and means for producing anautomatic transfer of the balls from one carrier to another which isempty.

3. In a display device, a driven shaft, ra dial arms carried by theshaft, pivoted carriers on the extremities of the arms adapted tosupport a ball, and an inclined runway pastthe respective ends of whichthe car riers travel, each carrier tilting at the upper end of therunway and depositing its ball thereonto, and the runway depositing theball onto an empty carrier as it passes'the lower end of the runway.

1. In a display device, a driven shaft, ra-

dial arms carried by the shaft, weights pivoted to the arms, carrierssupported by the weights and adapted to hold a ball, and

an inclined runway past the respective ends of which the carrierstravel, each carrier tilting at the upper end of the runway anddepositingits ball thereonto, and the runway depositing the ball onto anempty car- 10 carriers travel, each carrier tilting-at the upper end ofthe runway and depositinp its ball thereonto, and the runway depositingthe hall onto an empty carrier as it passes the lower end of the runway.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature 15 in presence of twowitnesses.

GEORGE I-I. SCI-IANCK. Witnesses:

S. J. Lnnnnn, H. G. BATCIIELOR.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe f Commissioner of Patents, Washington, 1). C.

